Father can be an enemy to the country

So it was finally agreed that the Dyeing and Weaving Bureau would pay the rent to the Chief Secretary of Jiangxi with one-third of the treasure notes, one-third of the copper coins, and one-third of the food stamps.

At the same time, it was agreed that the Weaving and Dyeing Bureau would be responsible for buying back all the food stamps that were not spent within a year with half of the copper coins and half of the treasure notes...

Zhu Zhen is really experienced. Who said that negotiations in this era are simple and the terms are crude?

That's not the case at all, okay? People in the Ming Dynasty were more serious. When negotiating contracts with future generations, they picked out the words one by one without making any difference.

This reminded him of some bad memories from his past life, and he felt very bad.

So after helping both parties resolve the dispute, they quickly took the inspection team to Jingdezhen... Zeng Tai and Gu Yuanchen were left alone to continue having fun in Nanchang City.

~~

Jingdezhen is connected to Nanchang by water. From Ganjiang River to Poyang, you can enter Changjiang River. After traveling upstream along the Changjiang River for more than a hundred miles, you can reach Jingdezhen.

After avoiding the annoying negotiations in Nanchang City, under the strong praise of Shen Rong and others, Lao Liu quickly regained his good mood and started chatting and laughing with them.

The next day, Zhu Zhen was on the poop, setting up a dragon gate formation with Shen Rong and others, bragging about his heroic deeds of commanding Ruoding and capturing the bandit leader in the naval battle of Flower and Bird Island. I saw white smoke rising in the distance, covering the sky.

He couldn't help but be stunned and asked: Is it on fire?

It's not Your Highness, it's Jingdezhen that has arrived. Sun Jia, the prefect of Raozhou who served as the guide, hurriedly explained:

Because there are hundreds of kilns in Jingdezhen, and the kilns are fired day and night, it creates this wonderful scene of 'white smoke covering the sky during the day, and red flames burning the sky at night'.

Does the Environmental Protection Bureau care about it? Lao Liu muttered, then realized that there is no Environmental Protection Bureau. Then he silently took out his big mask...

Think about it, I took it off again, image is still important...

~~

During the Song Dynasty, my country's porcelain industry reached its peak, with kilns spread all over the country.

However, after the Jin and Yuan Dynasties, when entering the present dynasty, except for the Longquan kiln in Zhejiang, which was still famous for celadon, the other kilns were mostly depressed due to stagnation of skills, or disappeared due to wars and disasters. Only Jingdezhen was the gathering of kilns in the world. He suppressed others' shortcomings and promoted his own strengths, becoming the firing center of the country.

Jingdezhen has thus become a ceramic metropolis known as the Five Directions and the Twelve Provinces Wharf. When Zhu Zhen arrived, he saw a forest of boats and boats on the pier. It looks even more prosperous than the provincial capital Nanchang.

At this time, the pier was under martial law, and it was still the same welcoming scene with flags fluttering, gongs and drums noisy, loess paved roads, and clean water sprinkled on the streets.

Zhou Ji, the supervising eunuch of the Zhushan Royal Kiln Factory in Jingdezhen, Ji Ming, the county magistrate of Fuliang, and many prominent figures from the porcelain industry guild had been waiting for him for a long time.

Welcome to your Highness!

After everyone bowed politely, Zhu Zhen ordered them to stand up with a smile and said: Everyone, please get up. Don't be nervous. I just admire the famous name of Jingdezhen for a long time and come here to visit.

Welcome, welcome, warm welcome. Everyone in Jingdezhen hurriedly smiled and said, Your Highness, please give me your instructions.

Hey, I'm a layman and I don't dare to give random orders. Zhu Zhen smiled and waved his hand.

As he spoke, he pointed at the white smoke rising from the town with great interest, and asked, Are those the entrances of the kilns where porcelain is fired?

Yes, Your Highness. Before the meeting, he hurriedly explained: In the early years, these were small kiln workshops scattered in the countryside. With the vigorous development of Jingdezhen's porcelain industry, the kilns are now concentrated in urban areas. Now There are thirty official kilns and 512 private kilns in the town.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but proudly said: It is definitely the best in the country.

Tsk, tsk, that's awesome. His Royal Highness the King of Chu exclaimed, becoming more and more interested. He declined the Fuliang Magistrate's invitation to rest first and went directly to visit the town.

The eunuch, the magistrate and the head of the association hurriedly gathered together, and the magistrate of Fuliang respectfully asked for instructions: Your Highness, the Royal Kiln Factory is in Zhushan, a little far away. How about visiting Cheng Hui's first Jingzhai Porcelain Shop today?

I said that I'm just here for a visit, not an inspection, so I'm here to do as I please, and you just have to make arrangements. Zhu Zhen said with an indifferent smile.

Okay, please, Your Highness. The three people hurriedly bowed and asked His Highness to get in the car.

~~

His Royal Highness the King of Chu's ceremonial guard marched through the streets and markets. All the kiln workers, men, women and children in the town ran to the street to watch the excitement.

Although Jingdezhen's porcelain is popular all over the country and is used by princes and nobles, few noble people have ever been here. After all, what everyone is interested in is exquisite porcelain, not this dusty, white and dirty production environment.

Zhu Zhen was an anomaly. He asked people to lift the car curtains and looked at the porcelain shops, porcelain shops, porcelain shops, and shop entrances with a dazzling array of porcelain on the street. It's like visiting a porcelain street from later generations...

It is indeed a completely different experience from other places. To be precise, this is a world different from other places.

While most places in the world are still in the agricultural civilization, this place has quietly entered the commercial civilization.

He said to Shen Rong and others who were following his car: This place looks quite similar to Suzhou.

Your Highness is right. Shen Rong nodded and said, Suzhou relies on the silk weaving industry, and Jingdezhen relies on the porcelain manufacturing industry.

After a pause, he whispered: Your Highness should be firmly in control of these two places.

In that case, my hand is stretched too far? Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

No, only His Highness can protect them and lead them to continue to grow and develop. Shen Rongcheng said sincerely.

Hahaha, Zhu Zhen couldn't help but chuckled: You old Shen, you are getting better and better at flattering me.

Your Highness, this is not flattery, but the sincerity of the humble minister. Shen Rong said with an upright face: There are only a few such handicraft centers in the country. It is not easy to establish, but it is easy to destroy.

After a pause, he lowered his voice and said: Just like Suzhou, if His Highness hadn't turned the tide last year, it might have been completely ruined...

No. Zhu Zhen shook his head.

In any case, in the Ming Dynasty, there are too few people who understand the science of commodity cultivation, and there is no one as miraculous as His Highness. Shen Rong cupped his fists and said, Your Highness has no shirking responsibility!

Haha, let's take a look first before talking. At this time, the Cheng family's Jingzhai Porcelain Store arrived. When the team stopped, Zhu Zhen stopped talking.

I jumped out of the car and looked up. I saw that the porcelain store was a three-story pavilion.

In order to welcome His Highness to visit, the staff of the porcelain shop cleaned the exterior of the pavilion two days in advance. Therefore, there is no gray feeling like the surroundings. The sculptures and bright colors make it look very majestic.

In the spacious foyer, there are a pair of couplets hanging on the left and right sides, which read:

The sand is turned into a vessel, and its quality is better than gold to produce all things; the clay is made into porcelain, and the paintings are as colorful as lacquer. ’

The horizontal plaque reads Jingzhai Porcelain Company, which is both appropriate and extremely heroic.

It's such a grand shop, no wonder you came to be the leader. Zhu Zhen smiled approvingly to Cheng Qian, who was waiting at the side.

Your Highness is so complimentary. It's a small business, nothing important. Cheng Qian couldn't help but smile to himself and respectfully invited His Highness to come in for a visit.

Let's go in and have a look. Zhu Zhen said happily.